The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, said tonight that the Belgrade elections will be announced for June 2.
He added that all other local elections in 87 local municipalities will be organized within the legal deadline.
Vučić said that there was no pressure to postpone the elections, but that he wanted to act as the president of all citizens and not only as a member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS).
He says that he has a desire to appease passions, although he considers the reasons that April 28 is not a good date because of the holiday to be meaningless and stupid, but that it is important that the elections be such that everyone recognizes the result.
"I call on the MUP to interpret the law on change of residence restrictively until the date of conclusion of the voter list for the elections in Belgrade. This is my attempt, although it may be a mistake, Ana Brnabić said that I am throwing pearls before swine, but I think that we should have full stability Vucic said.
He called for the ODIHR's recommendations to be respected, especially regarding voter education and crowding at polling stations.
Vučić announced that the new government will be elected by April 1.
"The name of the future representative in a few days"
Vucic said that the representatives of the coalition around the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) will submit to him the name of the future mandate holder for the composition of the new Serbian government in the next few days.
After talking with the representatives of the ruling coalition, he also said that the continuation of the constituent session of the Assembly of Serbia, scheduled for tomorrow, will be postponed for seven days.
As he stated in his address to the public, this will be done in order to prepare for the elections of the vice-president (parliament), president and all parliamentary committees.
He also said that this is being done in order for the Serbian Assembly to be "fully constituted" next week and prepare for the election of the new Serbian government.
In the December elections, the coalition around SNS won 129 mandates, out of 250 in the Serbian Parliament, and can form the government on its own.
Ana Brnabić was previously proposed for the president of the parliament in the new convocation, by decision of SNS.
Vučić also reiterated that Serbia is in a "difficult political situation" due to geopolitical circumstances, and that it is a militarily neutral country and the only one in Europe that has not imposed sanctions against Russia.
This is why, as he said, Serbia "is under clear and unequivocal pressure".
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